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Side Letter: Placement agent pain (and gain), Blackstone's new tech hub, FT's Ford vs PE

Don't forget you can join us and catch up on our virtual CFOs & COOs Europe conference wherever you are in the world. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 12 October 2020

Eaton loses Asia head Lerner and Hong Kong office chief

Shanghai-based Chris Lerner and another senior executive are understood to have left the placement agent and advisory firm in August.

2 min read · 11 October 2020

Brookfield pick of Sachin Shah for CIO signals firm’s big growth plans

Shah will oversee Brookfield’s push into new areas, such as insurance and secondaries, which together have a projected long-term value of up to $450 billion.

3 min read · 09 October 2020

SamCERA approves $65m commitment

The pension re-upped its investment with one fund.

1 min read · 09 October 2020

Ex-MVision MD to launch USD funds platform at Chinese GP

Harvest Investment Management is the PE investment arm of Harvest Fund Management, one of China’s largest mutual fund managers with about $180bn of AUM.

2 min read · 09 October 2020

Ex-Credit Suisse fundraisers quietly add big names to new placement shop

Aviditi Advisors, formed by ex-Credit Suisse executives John Robertshaw and Ryan Schlitt, was formed in 2019.

2 min read · 09 October 2020

Covid-19 heralds hard decisions on sustainable investment

The private equity industry must decide how its long-established fiduciary duty fits with a crisis like this.

2 min read · 08 October 2020

Arkansas Teachers Retirement System re-ups additional $30m with Franklin Park

The pension previously reallocated $60m from two Franklin Park PE funds to two of the firm’s venture funds.

1 min read · 08 October 2020

TRS Texas approves $120m in commitments

The US public pension has backed two North American private equity funds.

1 min read · 08 October 2020

Side Letter: GPIF on the return to a 'better normal', how Cinven does ESG, Allianz's impact push

Responsibility and sustainability in private markets investment are the topics du jour. The pandemic, far from distracting investors from non-financial outcomes, has highlighted the need for responsible stewardship of assets and capital. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

3 min read · 08 October 2020

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